You listening, Cressida Dick? Analysis America’s largest manufacturer of body cameras – and the biggest supplier to police forces across the United States – says today’s facial recognition technology is not safe for making serious decisions.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Straight from Black Hat 2018: How TRITON disrupted safety systems and changed the threat landscape of industrial control systems, forever. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Samsung has been struggling to attract people to its pricier phones — but that hasn’t stopped it from boosting prices even more. …read more Source:: CNet

Special guests and Samsung experts Jessica Dolcourt and Shara Tibken break down Samsung’s latest flagship phone. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Life-saving pacemakers manufactured by Medtronic don’t rely on encryption to safeguard firmware updates, a failing that makes it possible for hackers to remotely install malicious wares that threaten patients’ lives, security researchers said Thursday. At the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, researchers Billy Rios…

Even with all of its problems, AI is a step up from the notoriously biased recruiting process, a report argues. From the report: Artificial intelligence promises to make hiring an unbiased utopia. There’s certainly plenty of room for improvement. Employee referrals, a process that tends to leave underrepresented groups out, still make up a bulk…

Amid complaints about harmful and hateful speech on its platform, Facebook outlines its framework for censorship. …read more Source:: ZDNet

Decision to join Google-y Internet-of-Things-ish Thread Group intrigues Analysis Apple may have finally concluded that its attempt to force people to use only its technology to control their smart-home automation equipment is doomed to failure.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Codenamed ‘Pepito,’ it has a 3.3-inch display and we already love it. …read more Source:: CNet

Daniel Craig is signed for one more movie, but after that, does anyone have Idris Elba’s phone number? …read more Source:: CNet